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The Town of Collingwood is continuing with the lottery process for assigning food vendors requesting to be located on public property. Vendors must self-select a general food category from the provided list and may rank up to three pre-selected public property locations. Should more than one application from the same general food category (or categories) be received for the same public location, or more food vendors for the available spaces, then a lottery will be conducted. Should an applicant not be successful in obtaining their preferred location, their name will be entered into the lottery for their second-choice location and so on. All public location lotteries are conducted annually with no right of renewal for existing vendors.

Submission Deadline - Public Property Locations: The deadline to submit an application to operate a food truck on public property to be considered in the lottery is Friday, April 3, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. If there are fewer applications than pre-selected locations all applications received after the deadline will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis.

Lottery: Public location food vendor lotteries will be conducted on Thursday, April 16th, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Collingwood Town Hall - 2nd Floor Council Chambers (97 Hurontario St., Collingwood).

Available locations for food vendors on public property after April 16 will be assigned on a first-come basis. 

Below is a list of locations for Food Vendors operating on public property (license required):

• Millennium Park (four spots available with hydro)
• Harbourview Park at the end of Birch Street (two spots available without hydro)
• Harbourview Park at the end of Hickory Street (one spot available without hydro)
• Heritage Park by baseball diamonds along Second Street (one spot available without hydro)
• Heritage Park by skate park (one spot available without hydro)
• Fisher Field by washroom facility (one spot available with hydro) 
• Fisher Field by main parking lot off of the Tenth Line (one spot without hydro)
• Central Park by outdoor ice rink pad (one spot with hydro)
• Central Park in the parking lot near the water tower (one spot available without hydro)
• Awen Waterplay Splash Park in the adjacent parking lot (one spot available without hydro)
• Old Village Legion Park near the tennis court area (one spot available without hydro) 

Please select one or more of the dates below and email prc@collingwood.ca with your interest. A maximum of three vendors per event will be selected and food category exclusivity will be respected. The lottery system will be employed in cases where more than 3 vendors share selected dates. Limited power is available onsite which is reserved primarily for concert sound and lighting. Food trucks with loud generators may be located further away from the amphitheater to avoid sound conflicts. "Whispertone" type generators are an asset. A Food Vendor Business License is required to participate in these events.

2026 Summer Events 

Food Vendor Class A Business License: $723.00 per license/year 
“Class A - Motorized Food Sales” means the sale of food that is primarily based from a motorized mobile unit or trailer which includes any “motor vehicle” as defined by the Highway Traffic Act, and includes but is not limited to food trucks, food wagons, motorized ice cream vehicles and Ministry of Transportation licensed/plated trailers hauled by a motor vehicle. A “Food Wagon” means an immobile vehicle, either mounted on blocks or supported by a conventional wheel, tire and axle system from which food or beverages are provided for sale or sold, or prepared for sale and sold.

Food Vendor Class B Business License: $428.00 per license/year
“Class B – Non-motorized Food Sales” means the sale of food that is primarily based from a non-motorized, muscular powered, or stationary equipment other than food wagons, and shall include but not be limited to bicycle refreshment carts, portable barbeques or grills, tables, and coolers.

Sale of Second Hand Goods Business License: $600.00 per license/year
Refer to Sale of Second Hand Goods By-law for definitions.

Transient Trader License: $600.00 per license/year

Special Event Transient Trader License: $45.00 per license for charity, $75.00 per license for non-charitable purposes